France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires continue
LEGE-CAP-FERRET
This aerial view taken from a Civil Security helicopter shows smoke billowing from a burning forested area next to a field near Ares, southwestern France.
French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on July 29, widening what may be France’s largest peacetime evacuation as returning heat threatened firefighters’ fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux .
Fresh flames erupted late July 28 near Grand Crohot, a popular Atlantic beach on the Lege-Cap-Ferret peninsula, local authorities said. A fleet of 23 planes and helicopters, up from 18, dropped water and fire retardant as crews fought to keep the renewed flames from spreading.
